Originally Posted by HawkI
Originally Posted by Steve Redgwell
Thanks Ted. I don't know if I'll be making any this year. There hasn't been much call for them. I'll decide closer to hunting season.

We now return you to our regularly scheduled thread.

I'm going to try a few powders and different weights in my 222s this year. I'm confident that 60 grain bullets made from RF cases will stabilize. They measure 0.688 inches which is a hair shorter than the 53 grain Sierra MK. If all goes to plan, I should be able to get between 3000-3100 fps. That's with 748, BLC2 and H322. I'll try some others as well, but will try these first.


Sounds like a fine recipe.

What datum is the ogive?

Short, blunt 60's, even the 63 Sierra SMP can do well in a 1-14 222.


I use a 6S ogive die, but do not push the bullet completely into the die when I'm point forming.

I've tried making bullets with and without a lead tip and shot them from my 223. I left the meplat wider (made OTs) because I was lazy and did not want to bother with the extra step of putting them through the tip forming die. Accuracy was the same.

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